Missing Word Quiz Test Taking Reading Comprehension Grammar
At a Glance Students will: ü complete a multiple choice quiz ü analyze the quiz ü discuss and develop a tip sheet for how to identify the correct answer		Purpose: to practise writing multiple choice tests and develop strategies for identifying correct answers Materials: 1 handout – Missing Word Quiz Preparation: 30 minutes - to create the quiz and make copies Time: 60 - 90 minutes
Teacher’s Notes	Procedure Preparation – Create a Missing Word Quiz 1. Create a multiple choice quiz from a short informational text 2. Prepare an answer key or a copy of the original text for students to check their answers. The Lesson 1. Hand-out the quiz and instruct students to circle one correct answer for each gap. 2. Instruct students to check their answers when they are finished. 3. With the whole class, elicit the parts of speech that were needed for each gap (article, preposition, verb, adjective, etc.) 4. Take a poll and record the results of how many students got each question right/wrong. 5. Small groups, pairs or whole class - Discuss the more difficult questions. Ask students to analyze what made each question “tricky” (confused spelling, word forms, etc.) 6. Small groups, pairs or whole class - Elicit and record some tips and strategies for identifying the correct answer, based on what the students discussed in number 5 above. For example – “watch out for misspelled words”; “determine the part of speech that is missing and narrow down your choices”

Test Taking The Missing Word Quiz Reading Comprehension Grammar
Teacher’s Notes	Lesson Extension Create a Missing Word Quiz informational text – multiple-choice tests are usually based on an informational text. Many ESL students will be at a disadvantage here because they are not familiar with the multiple-choice form AND they might not be familiar with or have prior knowledge of the information presented in the text. The following web-resource is a good source for a variety of information. You can choose familiar or unfamiliar countries from the list (depending on how “tricky” you want to make the quiz): CIA’s World Factbook http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcindex.htm has numerous articles about the countries of the world. Create a multiple-choice quiz See sample Missing Word Quiz: Ireland. · Erase or white-out a variety of words throughout the text. Select words to erase based on the various parts of speech (verbs, articles, prepositions, etc.) and the parts of speech that you know the students struggle with. · Answer choices should be creative (similar spellings, variations of word forms). ALTERNATE QUIZ FORM: have the students complete a quiz on the Internet. http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blvocabquiz_miss_word3.htm parts of speech - The first time you do this, you might find some students will need a review of the parts of speech. (see Parts of Speech) Follow-up / Transfer Activities: 1. Assign individual students to work on learning parts of speech as necessary. 2. Practise multiple-choice tests from old exams. Analyze and discuss the questions as in step 5 of this lesson.	Additional Resources Try other multiple-choice activities such as The Multiple Choice Challenge.